- CALL AND POST: Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:36
Expert testimony highlight failures of harsh school discipline policies and outline alternative solutions
(Washington) – Across the country, an alarming number of students are suspended, expelled and even arrested for minor or trivial offenses. Instead of being sent to school guidance counselors for schoolyard fights or talking back to teachers, young people are increasingly pushed into police stations, courtrooms and juvenile detention centers.
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FACT:
"There are more Black men in prisons today than there were slaves in 1850! Also…African Americans make up 13% of the population of the United States, yet…account for 39.4% of prison population in this country."
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